Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What is ESG and why is it important for your business? The initialism “ ESG ” stands for “ E nvironmental, S ocial, and G overnance” Under each category there are a set of standards and goals an organization must meet to be compliant. Hence the role of ESG is pivotal in the future of our businesses. E : Environment.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This article provides a playbook for becoming a socially responsible business that can meet the rigor and high standards required of a B corp. Check out this LinkedIn article on the challenges. But the assessment would not be wasted as it would enable a company to set future goals and establish a roadmap to compliance.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 27, 2022

The growing IoT devices market could be a silver bullet for climate change. A system may stop cooling while household members are at work, prioritise occupied rooms, or identify air leaks that may be making the system less efficient. Other home systems can provide similar carbon-cutting benefits.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Toronto Star published the article, “Why North American electric vehicle mandates are destined to fail,” on the same day as Guilbeault’s announcement, which argues that Canadian consumers are not inclined to acquire EVs, partly due to cost.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This article provides a playbook for becoming a socially responsible business that can meet the rigor and high standards required of a B corp. Check out this LinkedIn article on the challenges. But the assessment would not be wasted as it would enable a company to set future goals and establish a roadmap to compliance.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2023

Cost of living topped the risks over a two-year horizon, followed by natural disasters and extreme weather events and geo-economic confrontation. At the end of last year, Schroders' economics and investment teams published the five key macro trends they expect to define the coming years as we move into a new economic regime.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2022

NW Natural, a gas utility based in Oregon, is seeking to raise gas bills on its customers in order to pay for millions in executive bonuses, higher returns to shareholders, and a larger advertising budget. NW Natural also wants ratepayers to pick up the tab for millions of dollars of executive bonuses and higher returns to shareholders.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

With that in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article we argue this is because corporate culture is inherently linked to employee engagement. A green culture is specific in that these sets of behavioral and procedural norms are deliberate in minimizing an organization’s operational impact on our natural world.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But environmental justice advocates grew concerned that these benefits would not be equally distributed when the California Air Resources Board (CARB) decided to adopt a cap-and-trade program as part of its strategy to implement the law. These facilities were also more likely to be in disadvantaged communities. (In-state

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

(Let’s hope we won’t be viewing most species this way in the future. Nature and its vital contributions to people … are deteriorating worldwide.” While curling up into the fetal position and hiding under the covers in defeat may be your first instinct, let’s step back and ask and answer some key questions first.

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

(Let's hope we won't be viewing most species this way in the future. Nature and its vital contributions to people … are deteriorating worldwide.” While curling up into the fetal position and hiding under the covers in defeat may be your first instinct, let’s step back and ask and answer some key questions first.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2021

COVID-19: A 20/20-vision crystal ball into our climate future. So, perhaps the single silver lining of the pandemic might be that it can be used as the crystal ball that lends its 20/20 vision for us to see how we can avoid the worst of climate change. envision what some of the solutions might be. Esteban Guerrero.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2022

Conservative leadership candidates are today facing fresh calls to clarify their position on climate and environmental issues, after support for the UK's net zero targets emerged as one of the key dividing lines in the increasingly fractious race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

We'll be posting videos for many systems in coming weeks. Meanwhile, here are highlights from four of our mainstage speakers. (A Jasmine Crowe, founder and CEO of Goodr, addressed the persistent problem of food waste and made the case for why every company — no matter its industry — needs to be have a strategy for addressing it. .

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our future. Climate change and environmental degradation are the defining challenges of our time. To achieve our carbon reduction targets, incremental improvements are no longer enough.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. Our analysis uncovered promotional material from two PR firms representing Shell, boasting of the success of their online advertising.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Biodiversity Benchmark , developed in partnership with The Biodiversity Consultancy and Conservation International and supported by Sappi, will enable companies to understand their impacts and dependencies on nature in their materials sourcing strategies, chart a pathway to delivering positive biodiversity outcomes, and benchmark their progress.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 30, 2020

The future of organic coffee: Building a network of support for regenerative agriculture Jean Orlowski Thu, 07/30/2020 – 02:00 Nearly a decade ago, as we took in the lush plant life, clean air and warm sunshine surrounding us during a vacation in Hawaii, my wife, Danielle, and I knew a life shift was happening.

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s usually one of the first objections cited by EV naysayers: batteries can’t or won’t be recycled, and they contain hazardous materials that will end up in landfills. Kochhar chatted with Charged about the company’s history, its unique system for collecting and processing materials, and the future of the battery recycling ecosystem.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

True-cost accounting aims to make visible the full costs of food by identifying, measuring and valuing the positive and negative environmental, social and health-related externalities of food and agricultural systems. “Some will transact to future generations and others will cost the climate. But the costs are there.

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Low Impact

JUNE 13, 2021

In part 1 we talked about what the future might hold for humanity, and here we talk about what our responses might be. ‘Strange’ ideas might be required for strange times. I think we’re in the middle of a crash – it’s not some future event. That’s why your work is inspiring to me.

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Low Impact

DECEMBER 6, 2020

This is the first in a series of interviews that will accompany a book I’m writing, that will be published by Chelsea Green – an employee-owned company, and part of the new economy that the book is describing, built around a mutual credit core. First – why are you doing this? Why did you switch to the MCS idea?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. The next frontier is "connected chemistry," extending the internet of things to "the internet of natural resources," Beck said in 2019.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

We strove to adhere to Rio Negro’s vision and meet aggressive triple bottom-line targets as major systemic issues hit its operations — geopolitical tensions and natural disaster brought on by climate change. If it’s genuinely uncomfortable, why embrace it? Applying the idea: Frame activities as experiments.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Despite this, we seem to be in gridlock on Scope 3 action to achieve those goals. To decarbonise our economy and make net zero a reality, tackling scope 3 will clearly be key. To decarbonise our economy and make net zero a reality, tackling scope 3 will clearly be key.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

What’s more, of the companies that have made commitments, many have failed to deliver or to set deadlines — with some continuously pushing dates into the future or changing the rules by which they judge progress, according to both organizations. We were hoping [2020] would be a big year for forests and nature.”

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Some of those can be found in the top GreenBiz stories of the year, as “measured” by reader traffic. While COVID-19 cut through almost all of our coverage — just like it cut through our everyday lives this year — other hopeful stories shined through. Why H&M, other big brands are investing in garment recycling.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Certified B Corps are part of a global movement that safeguards the environment and supports the well-being of communities. It must be noted, however, that although the B Lab does provide a thorough and respectable sustainability assessment, concerns remain over the effectiveness of this assessment in creating truly sustainable businesses.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And to take a peek into where he may be headed next. Are you excited to be 70? And I expect to continue to be hyperactive for another 20 years. Tell me why that feels like such an important part of who you became. It felt so natural when I was a child there to be part of this amazing place and to wage peace.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. For example, our deepening understanding of DNA helps us discern how drugs, medication, multi-vitamins or treatment plans work differently in patients — creating a brand-new frontier, personalized medicine. Poornima Param…. Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:00.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Considering that we are a long way from solving the problems facing our environment, this pressure is only going to get more intense in years to come. . And just as there are an incredible number of ways individuals interact with our environment, there are an incredible number of ways your business does.

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GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2020

That’s why I buckled up and dug into the recent 90-page report put forth by think tank RethinkX , co-founded by internationally recognized technologists and futurists Tony Seba and James Arbib. Super heady stuff, to be sure. The vision Seba and Arbib detail reads somewhat like a distant techno-utopia. Got my attention.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

I wrote this last month about what businesses should be doing in the wake of the IPCC report. This week brought some sobering news on the near future of our planet and species. 70-90% of coral dying), but is far better for us than 2 degrees (both in terms of overall well-being and economic impacts). Getting to 1.5

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau article, we present the case for business sustainability. Sustainability means to be maintained at a certain rate or level indefinitely. That means profits must be maximized to drive economic growth. Our reality. Carbon in our atmosphere is 280 parts per million (ppm).

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

Supporting these findings, the Harvard Business Review reports 99% of large company CEOs want to address sustainability issues as a must for the future success of their organization. Regain your power, and use this article alongside the ISO 14000 family of standards to approach sustainability with an actionable manual to get things done.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

As a green realtor® passionate about the planet’s future and our own, you can play an important role in delivering the message of sustainability to homeowners and support a greener, healthier real estate industry. Why Green Homes Should Matter to Homebuyers and You. Realtors® and Home Buyers Going Green.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Use the links provided to navigate through this article. It’s a relatively new discipline born from the collective awareness that carbon dioxide emissions are impacting our climate. The CSRD expects all large companies to report on their carbon emissions, and small and mid-sized businesses will likely be included. ppm in 2020.

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